• merde alors@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    She went on to work at eBay for 13 years, followed by PayPal, Skype, and Airbnb. source

    why would Mozilla choose to be directed by an ebay+paypal+airbnb experience and can somebody with that background not think like this ☞

    “Because Mozilla’s mission is to build a better internet. And, for the foreseeable future at least, advertising is a key commercial engine of the internet, and the most efficient way to ensure the majority of content remains free and accessible to as many people as possible.”

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      2 months ago

      Advertising will not improve unless we address the underlying data sharing issues, and solve for the economic incentives that rely on that data.

      thanks to Mozilla for assuming the responsibility of improving advertising

      We can’t just ignore online advertising — it’s a major driver of how the internet works and is funded. We need to stare it straight in the eyes and try to fix it. For those reasons, Mozilla has become more active in online advertising over the past few years. - MARK SURMAN, PRESIDENT, MOZILLA source

      if we stay with that metaphor of “We need to stare it straight in the eyes and try to fix it”, it’s not difficult to imagine Mark and Mozilla being swallowed by the monster he’s “staring straight in the eyes” :/

      i hope they can filter the shit Mozilla will include in Firefox from mull and mullvad